Samsung 850 EVO

Samsung 850 EVO

Samsung
53 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk SSD

SanDisk SSD

SanDisk
89 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
50
SanDisk
93
Workstation
Samsung
53
SanDisk
90
Gaming
Samsung
36
SanDisk
87
Budget
Samsung
58
SanDisk
86
Console
Samsung
17
SanDisk
82
Portable
Samsung
13
SanDisk
23

Specifications

Samsung 850 EVOSanDisk SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
1,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
540
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
98,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
90,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung MGX Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★1
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Samsung 850 EVO

  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong social proof (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong endurance (65th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (27th percentile)
  • Below average speed (31st percentile)

SanDisk SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong endurance (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk SSD

Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 18 specs.

SanDisk SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation